An issue worth addressing:
With AT&T’s proposed acquisition of Time Warner, as is the ultimate current owner of the Hanna-Barbera legacy, we as Hanna-Barberians need to start raising questions as to what exactly an amalagamated AT&T/Tinw Warner might do to the legacy of perhaps the greatest name in Saturday-morning television, as well as perhaps the saving grace for animation generally back in the late 1950′s as the film studios were closing their animation departments in the face of television’s onslaught.
(Know, Bill and Joe came from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animation department, essentially founding Hanna-Barbera Productions within weeks of closing the MGM animation unit in the spring of 1957, having been promoted less than a year before to the Producer/Director role after longtime MGM animation producer Fred Quimby went on a leave of absence.)
And much, no doubt, was mentioned on Facebook’s Hanna-Barbera page during the recent 60th Anniversary commemorations of the many fond memories their cartoons left fans throughout the world–including some comments in Spanish and Brazilian Portugese–watching trhem on Saturday mornings. As well as many fans insisting that Hanna-Barbera should be the defining standard for modern television animation, with their brightness and sparkling wit and whimsy running rings around much of modern animation, some of which (Family Guy and South Park in particular) tends to hyperpuerile toilet humour.
Hence: Setting aside President Trump’s clarion call for “Making America Great Again,” may I be the first to call on Congress to recognise the unique and distinct cultural legacy of Hanna-Barbera Productions and their animated byproducts as a National Cultural Treasure Worthy of Recognition and Notice.
So what would otherwise prevent you from contacting your Congressional legation and urging them to so recognise such unique examples of American animation and television history?
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